European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St trs and stripes vol. 53, no. 11 500 28,1994 d 8693 a. " " v " a .s4s Ken George members of c Btry 429th Field arty in Baum older Germany fire Blanks from five howitzers wednesday during a 50-Gnn Salute to former president Nixon held in bad Kreuz Nach. Each shot represented a . State. Earlier on wednesday bases throughout Germany rendered a 21-gun Salute in Honor of Nixon who died Friday. Thousands pay respects of ooh mourners line up for Miles John Trumpler 74, of Passaic n j., expresses his sentiments with a sign As he Waits in line wednesday to View the casket of former president Nixon in Yorba Linda Calif. Yorba Linda Calif. A through the cold night and into the Damp Dawn they waited up to eight hours to say their final goodbyes to Rich Ard m. Nixon on wednesday thousands upon thousands of the Ordinary souls Nixon appealed to throughout his Politi Cal life.  " president Clinton and four former .presidents Gerald Ford Jimmy car Ter Ronald Reagan and George Bush were to attend wednesday s funeral George Mcgovern the Man Nixon beat in the 1972 landslide and Spiro Agnew Nixon s vice president who was forced to resign on tax evasion charges were expected to join them. The line of mourners was 3 Miles Longan its Peak to file past the Flag draped mahogany casket of the 37th president borne Home with fanfare tuesday to the place of his austere childhood. You re standing out there for hours inthe cold. You Don know what to expect. But those five minutes at the casket made the whole thing Worth it. It was Worth every minute said a tearful bar Bara Casey 46, of Westminster. Nixon s body was carried Home aboard see Nixon on Page 3 get reprieve warning Brussels Belgium a despite a decision to hold off airstrikes against bosnian serbian positions nato allies warned anew wednesday that they would carry out bombing runs if big guns remained in the go razed area. Ambassadors of the 16 nations of the North Atlantic treaty organization said recent reports indicated there was general compliance with the ultimatum Given to the serbs to get rid of their heavy weapons. The Alliance decided Early wednesday not to launch air raids after the serbs showed signs of meeting a deadline of 2 . Local time for withdrawal of arms from a 12.5-mile zone around the Center of Gorade an enclave in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At a meeting later in the Day the ambassadors emphasized that the ultimatum remained in place and said nato and . Military commanders would Monitor the situation closely. A robust reconnaissance. Is currently being car ried out to ensure that no operable heavy weapons re main inside the exclusion zone said an Alliance spokesman who demanded anonymity. If they Are discovered they must be removed see serbs on South Africa turns dream into reality Nelson Mandela cast the first vote of his life wednesday in an election expected to make him South Africa s first Black president. It s like Martin Luther King s dream coming True in South Africa said Vukale mamane 21. Meanwhile police announced the arrests of 31white extremists in a string of fatal bombings. See Story on Page 2 Tornado ravages stretch of Indiana College town see Page 8 of Venic see stripes Magazine